Mandisa accepts the award for pop/up to date album of the 12 months on the Dove Awards in 2014 in Nashville, Tenn.
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Mandisa accepts the award for pop/up to date album of the 12 months on the Dove Awards in 2014 in Nashville, Tenn.
Mark Humphrey/AP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mandisa, a recent Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and gained a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47.
A consultant for the singer instructed The Related Press that the singer was discovered useless in her house in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. The consultant stated the reason for Mandisa’s dying was not but identified.
Mandisa, whose full identify was Mandisa Lynn Hundley, was born close to Sacramento, California, and grew up singing in church. She gained stardom after ending ninth on “American Idol” in 2006.
As she left, host Ryan Seacrest instructed the singer that she was “an incredible spirit on the present.”
Mandisa moved on, releasing her debut album in 2007 known as “True Magnificence,” which acquired a Grammy nomination that 12 months for greatest pop and up to date gospel album.
She went on to launch 5 extra albums, together with a Christmas album.
In 2014, she gained a Grammy for greatest up to date Christian music album for “Overcomer,” her fifth album.
Mandisa spoke brazenly about her struggles with melancholy, releasing a memoir entitled “Out of the Darkish: My Journey By means of the Shadows to Discover God’s Pleasure” in 2022 that detailed her experiences with extreme melancholy, weight-related challenges, the coronavirus pandemic and her religion.
On Friday, the Christian radio community Ok-Love paid tribute to the singer on social media, saying: “Mandisa struggled, and he or she was susceptible sufficient to share that with us, which helped us speak about our personal struggles.”